Aside AFCON win, here is why tweeps are praising Senegal coach, Aliou Cisse

Aliou Cisse, the rasta-haired manager of the Teranga Lions, the Senegalese national team, has become the subject of massive praise on social media platform Twitter.

His praise is partly over his feat as the best male coach on the continent but more for his resilience and redemption in AFCON finals.

It took Cisse a third attempt to secure African

Read full articleCup of Nation’s glory after failing as a captain years back and as a manager only two years ago.

His role in the failures made the praises even more pronounced.

In 2002, Cisse was a captain of the Teranga Lions and it was his penalty miss that ensured that Senegal had to wait longer for AFCON gold. Cameroon beat Senegal 3 – 2 on penalties to win the tournament staged in Mali.

In 2019, Cisse was on the bench as manager of the team that went as far as the final in Egypt, only to be defeated by Algeria.

Bring on the next AFCON and Cisse’s boys went a step further and via the same penalties that brought the nation heartbreak in 2002, his boys defeated Egypt by 4 – 2.

For others on Twitter, that he is a local coach and has risen to winning an AFCON dominated by foreign coaches, meant that Africans can deliver the goods with necessary support from their nations.

Cisse has been in charge of the Teranga Lions for the past seven years.

Below are some of the praises

Appreciation tweet for the best coach of the tournament!!

Consistency and Trust has paid off.

Congratulations Aliou Cisse. pic.twitter.com/A2zHzccA15

— Saddick Adams (@SaddickAdams) February 6, 2022

POETIC JUSTICE! ????????

20 years ago as captain of Senegal, Aliou Cisse and the Teranga Lions lost to Cameroon in the AFCON 2002 final and now in Cameroon, he leads Senegal ???????? to their first ever AFCON trophy as coach.

Success might delay but it can never be denied with consistency. pic.twitter.com/J2uqDy2xAc

— Usher Komugisha (@UsherKomugisha) February 6, 2022

???????? ❤️ https://t.co/7wR3ZaUanC pic.twitter.com/L4b89VFdyY

— Samira Sawlani (@samirasawlani) February 6, 2022

Believe in African coaches. Give them time and the resources to build for the long term and they’ll do wonders.

Aliou Cisse has been in charge of the Teranga Lions since 2015. Seven years of solid work and finally it has paid off. #AFCON2021 pic.twitter.com/75VHku16w1

— Usher Komugisha (@UsherKomugisha) February 6, 2022

???????????? Aliou Cissé ???? pic.twitter.com/6TCrBGvjKH

— Walid Ziani (@bylka613_) February 6, 2022

#TeamSenegal

WHAT A MAN ALIOU CISSE!

He finally lays his hands on a trophy for Senegal after 7 years in charge. He joins a tall list of other local coaches to have won. #AFCONwithJuliet pic.twitter.com/xGK1ZxsOWI

— Juliet Bawuah (@julietbawuah) February 6, 2022